Watch this video in which the founder of Chicago’s pioneering Digital Youth Network (DYN), Nicole Pinkard, describes how the organisation empowers young people with critical digital literacy skills. This may help to broaden your understanding of the scope of digital literacy.
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Video: Nichole Pinkard on Digital Literacy (Big Thinkers Series) (7:06)
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Your tutor will place you in pairs by opening new comments for each pair in the group discussion area. Confine your conversation to replies in the same comment area labelled Digital Literacy. - Use the document upload folder in the group area to share your favourite image of digital literacy and explain to your partner why you think it is so effective. Remember to name the image starting with your name.
- Discuss each other’s ideas and reach consensus on what you consider to be the scope of digital literacy and its important associated concepts.
